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008			951205s1996 cau b 001 0 eng
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050			_aPS 3537.T3234 _b.R227 1996
245		0	_aReadings on John Steinbeck / _cClarice Swisher, book editor.
260			_aSan Diego, CA : _bGreenhaven Press, _cc1996.
300			_a192 p. _c22 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a and four essays on The Scarlet Letter. These volumes compare favorably to Twayne's essay collections
520			_a discussions of short story and novel literary techniques
520			_a there is little overlap. Essay selections, although not identical passages, have appeared in Contemporary Literary Criticism (Gale) or elsewhere. Swisher's volumes provide concise resources that would require consultation of several volumes of those books or scanning through multiple pages of American Writers (Scribners) to find comparable material. For students and general readers, these accessible collections provide excellent information on American authors and literary works that are de rigueur in high-school curricula (Richmond,1996).
520			_aPart of this book are the essays by noted critics and scholars, prefaced by short, fairly comprehensive author biographies. Steinbeck includes several general critical selections, thus providing an overview of the author's work followed by several entries on each of the following novels: The Red Pony, The Pearl, Of Mice and Men, and The Grapes of Wrath. Hawthorne includes essays on the author's subject matter and resources
650			_aMexican Americans in literature. _9109502
650			_aNaturalism in literature. _984237
650			_aWestern stories _916279
700			_aSwisher, Clarice, _9109503
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